Is age at menopause increasing across Europe? Results on age at menopause and determinants from two population-based studies

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Dratva, Julia ^a,j   Real, Francisco Gómez ^b   Schindler, Christian ^a   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^a   Gerbase, Margaret W ^c   Probst Hensch, Nicole M ^d   Svanes, Cecilie ^b   Omenaas, Ernst Raidar ^b   Neukirch, Françoise ^e   Wjst, Matthias ^f,g   Morabia, Alfredo ^h   Jarvis, Deborah ⁱ   Leynaert, Bénédicte ^e   Zemp, Elisabeth ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College ^*  (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Determinants of menopause; Epidemiology; Female sex hormones; Menopause; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPARA; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67649349920     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31818aefef     Document Type: Article

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